You are responsible for maintaining a journal in Theory of Knowledge. The goal is to reflect on the material covered in class and examine your own experience as a knower.
Amy Scott, a ToK teacher at Corral Reef High School in Miami, describes the objective of the Tok Journal as the creation of "a dialogue with yourself where you can question the world and propose your own insights into the how and why of things."
She outlines the following topics as suitable for journal discussion:
· Pay attention to instances of logical or informal fallacies
occurring around you.
· Describe instances in which your sense perceptions influenced your reactions to your environment.
· Describe arguments that occurred because people defined their terms differently. What were the different definitions and did the people involved finally realize their fallacies?
· Think of current events from a ToK framework ... Find related newspaper clippings on both sides of an issue.
· Take your journal to other classes (science, history, math, etc.) and jot down ToK related issues. Look for connections or discrepancies between or among disciplines.
· If you have visited an historical or art museum, what caught your eye? Aesthetically what did you find pleasing and why? What, to you, is good art, literature, music, architecture, dance, poetry, etc. ?
Amy Scott ToK
